Drinking Coffee, Green Tea Lowers Health Risks, Study Suggests

Researchers in Japan say a few cups of coffee or green tea each day may lower the risk of death from heart problems or strokes.

Japan’s National Cancer Center said Thursday that a study of about 90,000 people aged between 40 and 69 suggests that regularly drinking the beverages may lower health risks including death from heart and cerebrovascular diseases.

The cancer center and the University of Tokyo followed the drinking habits and health of the people for an average period of 19 years in the study, which started in 1990. Of the participants, 12,874 died during the study.